The Real Voyage

Hello on this beautiful Tuesday!!!  I hope you are having a good week!!

Today I'm sharing a journal card with you.  I intend to make a bunch of these 4" x 6" cards and then bind them into a book.  

For the background I started by gluing part of a world map from an old atlas onto a 4" x 6" piece of watercolor paper.  I lightly brayered paint (Fresco Finish Sherbet, Mermaid, Teresa Green) over the paper being sure not to cover everything up.  Stenciling was done with the same colors of paint.  After being sure the paint was completely dry, the quote was stamped with Archival Ink Jet Black using the stamp platform so I could stamp a few times to get a nice, dark quote.  The Grid Background was stamped with Archival Ink Peat Moss along all 4 edges.  Next came a bit more stenciling to help blend in the breaks in the grid stamping.  I die cut the Flourished Oval Frame and Butterfly from white cardstock.  The butterfly was embossed with Baked Texture Ancient Amber embossing powder.  The frame as well as around the edges of the card are embossed with Baked Texture Patina Oxide embossing powder.

Quietfire Supplies Used.... (click the picture to go to the item on the Quietfire Website)

I hope you've enjoyed today's post!!!

Hugs, Wanda

Baked Texture Embossing Powders and A Way With Words

Have you seen the new Baked Texture Embossing Powders from Seth Apter and Emerald Creek?  I shared a Facebook Live video from Creativation about them and now I'm sharing a new Facebook Live video of my first time playing with them!  I had so much fun!

These embossing powders are mixtures of "things" - blended powders and chunks that create wonderful surfaces! I wanted to try each of the seven powders to see which would work best on this project.

I've also added the Facebook Live recording to YouTube where you can find it easily.  If you are receiving this blog update by email, click on the photo to view the video on YouTube.

Here are some closeups of the experiments.  Some things don't show their full beauty because the A Way With Words diecuts are quite fine, but the darker blends would make a fabulously rich backgrounds (more play required!).

Here are some of my experiments.  Hopefully you can see some of the texture in the photos!  There is lots of fun to be had with these.  They're available from Emerald Creek and Seth Apter and probably lots of other places soon!  Have fun!
Suzanne

Deep Sea

Ancient Amber

Patina Oxide

Rocky Road

Dirty Sand

Vintage Beeswax

Chunky Rust on black cardstock

Burnt Copper Leaves - not a Baked Texture, but is totally awesome!